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TFA DV229NL & TS21 MANUAL 1(ENG)
SIZE: W105 X H148 (mm)
BY Lai HZ 2/01/14
Remote Thermo-Hygrometer
Main Unit
Personal Meteo Centre
with
Wireless Thermo-Hygrometer
In/Outdoor Temperature/
Humidity.
Information Window.
Today Weather Information
including Wind Speed, Wind
Direction, and the probability
of Rain/Snow, Day &
Night Temperature, Day &
Night Weather Status.
Tomorrow, One-Day-After,
and Two-Day-After Weather
Information including Day &
Night Temperature, Day &
Night Weather Status.
Kat. Nr. 35.1127
Thank you for choosing this instrument from TFA.
Before you start using it
Please make sure to read the instruction manual carefully.
This information will help you to familiarise yourself with your new device, to learn all of its
functions and parts, to find out important details about its first use and how to operate it, and to
get advice in the event of faults.
Following and respecting the instructions in your manual will prevent damage to your
instrument and loss of your statutory rights arising from defects due to incorrect use.
We shall not be liable for any damage occurring as a result of non following of these
instructions. Likewise, we take no responsibility for any incorrect readings and for any
consequences which may result from them.
Please take particular note of the safety advice!
Please keep this instruction manual for future reference.
The Meteotime Weather Forecast Center provides a professional weather forecast for the
current and the next three days. The weather forecasts are made by professional meteorologists
and are sent out with the radio-time signal generator DCF77 in Germany and can be received
in almost all of Europe. The reception area for the radio-time signal generator is divided into a
total of 90 meteorological regions (60 regions with 4 day forecast, 30 regions with 2 day
forecast). The desired city is simply selected and the respectively current weather forecast for
the region is shown on the display. This gives you a quick overview of the weather situation for
the following days at any time. Updating the weather data is done every day.
This weather station allows the reception of weather data of the private provider Meteotime via
DCF without time limit and additional costs.
Meteotime is responsible for the dispatch and the correctness of the transmitted data.
60 regions with 4 days forecast (390 cities)
30 regions with 2 days forecast (80 cities)
Scope of delivery:
• Weather station (basic station)
• Outdoor transmitter
• Instruction manual
• Batteries
Field of operation and all the benefits of your new instrument at a glance
• Weather status for today and coming three days for 470 cities
• Rain/snow/hail probability
• Wind speed and wind direction
• 3 channel outdoor 433MHz wireless thermo-hygrometer (channel 1 sensor is included,
additional sensors are required for channels 2 and 3)
• Indoor thermo-hygrometer
• Maximum and minimum memories of temperature and humidity readings
• Temperature and humidity trends (UP/ FLAT/ DOWN)
• Temperature unit in degree C
• Regional day-time temperature and night-time temperature information
• 7-languages abbreviation (English/ Spanish/French/Italian/Dutch/Swedish/German)
• Critical weather alert
• Maximum of 5 cities’ weather information can be selected and displayed
• Personalized a place name / city
• Radio-controlled clock and calendar (24 hours format only)
• Time-zone setting
• Dual alarm (weekday alarm/single alarm will be sounded for 2 minutes)
• Programmable pre- alarm for outdoor sensor (Channel 1 only)
• Battery low indicator for main unit and wireless sensor
• Powered by 2 x AA batteries for main unit, and 2 x AAA batteries for the outdoor sensor
For your safety:
• This product is exclusively intended for the field of application described above. It should
only be used as described within these instructions.
• Unauthorised repairs, modifications, calibrations or changes to the product are prohibited.
• This product is not be used for medical purpose or for public information, it is only intended
for home use.
Caution!
Risk of injury:
• Keep this instrument and the batteries out of the reach of children.
• Batteries must not be thrown into a fire, short-circuited, taken apart or recharged. Risk of
explosion!
• Batteries contain harmful acids. Low batteries should be changed as soon as possible to
prevent damage caused by a leaking.
• Never use a combination of old and new batteries together, or batteries of different types.
Wear chemical-resistant protective gloves and safety glasses when handling leaking batteries.
! Important information on product safety!
• Do not place your product near extreme temperatures, vibrations or shocks.
• The outdoor transmitter is protected against splash water, but is not watertight. Choose a
shady and dry position for the transmitter.
INTRODUCTION
The Meteotime weather station LCD display shows:
• Today weather information window
• In/outdoor temperature and humidity
• Tomorrow, one-day-after and two-day-after weather Information
• Information window which shows: Date, alarm time, cities, and critical weather information
description
GETTING STARTED
• Open the battery compartment of the outdoor transmitter and the basic station.
• Remove each battery insulation strips.
The event the Meteotime icon change to , that means there are potential sources of
interference on the unit. The sources of interference may come from the electronics equipment
such as TV-set, computers, household machines etc. It may also be due to lots of concrete,
metal parts and electrical equipment in the building. It may also be due to your living area if it
is very far away from the radio-controlled clock tower.
You are able to use the TEST function to look for a better location
• Press TEST button, SCAN is shown in the information window.
• Pick the unit to find a good location.
• flashing: The test is running and the Meteotime signal reception is good. You are able to
leave the device in this position.
flashing: The test is running and the Meteotime signal reception is poor. You need to keep
on looking for a better location.
• The test lasted for around 1 minute. You can restart the test with the [ TEST ] button at any
time, and also discontinue the test by pressing the [ TEST ] button.
• Scan: the signal strength will be represented from 1 (very bad) to 9 (very good).
SWITCH CITY DATE ALARM
• After removing of the battery insulation strips, the weather station searches for the radio
cotrolled time signal as well as the Meteotime signal. After it has successfully received the
Meteotime signal, the display shows in the information windows the default city
“ ”.
• You are able to press [ SET ] to switch from the display of the city to date, weekday alarm,
single alarm and pre-alarm.
• The time and date signal will be received after a few minutes. Since there is a large amount of
weather information for all regions and days, the unit needs about 24 hours from the time of
the initial setup to complete the reception of all data.
• After the time and date signal is being received successfully, it shows “SELECT COUNTY”
and then “FRANKFURT” as default city in the information window.
To change the country and the city please see the information below.
• If the unit is able to receive the Meteotime signal successfully, the Meteotime icon
appears in the second row of the display. Otherwise, the Meteotime icon will be .
There are total 7 buttons on the main unit, namely:
SET
• Selected City Date Weekday Alarm “OFF W-ALM” Single alarm “OFF S-ALM”
Pre-Alarm“OFF P-ALM”
• Press and hold [ SET ] for 3 seconds to select your <1> Country, <2> Time Zone, <3>
Language, <4>Exit to city display mode
DAY/NIGHT
• Critical weather information Day/Night weather status change
• Read the critical weather information one by one.
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• Increasing the value during setting
• Turn ON the alarm
• Press and hold for 3 seconds to enforce a radio controlled clock DCF signal search
• Switch to next day’s weather information
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• Decreasing the value during setting
• Choose one of the pre-selected cities
• Turn OFF the alarm
• Press and hold for 3 seconds to enforce a wireless RF signal search from remote sensor
MEM
• Display the maximum and minimum measured temperature and humidity readings in record
• Press and hold for 3 seconds to clear all the Max. and Min. records
TEST √
• Find the place for the device which has a good reception
• Add the city into the list of your desired cities
OR
• Remove the city out of the list of desired cities
• Edit your home town
CHANNEL
• Switch to read outdoor temperature and humidity readings of channels 1, 2 and 3
• Press and hold the button for 3 seconds to enter into auto circulation display mode “ ”
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